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The Health Telematics Unit was a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, educators, learners, students, and partners who fostered and encouraged innovative quality research, evaluation, consultation, teaching, and service in the area of telehealth. This was the first program of its kind in Canada to combine a research program, using the latest advances in telehealth research and evaluation, with a training program.
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- ItemOpen AccessAccess and Authorisation in a Glocal e-Health Policy Context: Session II: Access Control to Information and Authorisation Management.(Health Telematics Unit, University of Calgary, 2003-05-31) Scott, Richard E.; Jennett, Penny A.; Yeo, Maryann
- ItemOpen AccessCanada Health Infoway: Path to Better Health: Final Report(Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada., 1999-02) Advisory Council on Health Infostructure
- ItemOpen AccessCanadian Broadband Applications Research Program: Research Proposal.(Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research, 1995) Canadian Institute for Telecommunications ResearchThis proposal outlines a two-year research program in the area of broadband network applications with the objective of stimulating the development in Canada of innovative broadband services and applications over ATM networks. This research is needed to help Canada gain a leadership role in exploiting the enormous potential of the Information Superhighway.
- ItemOpen AccessThe Canadian Information Highway: Building Canada's Information and Communications Infrastructure (Progress Report of the Information Highway Advisory Council)(Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1994-04) Industry Canada; Information Highway Advisory Council
- ItemOpen AccessCatalyst for Change: Telehealth, Reform and Renewel. The 8th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth Conference Proceedings.(Canadian Society of Telehealth, 2005-09-25) Canadian Society of Telehealth
- ItemOpen AccessConnecting for Better Health: Strategic Issues. Interim Report.(Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada., 1998-09) Advisory Council on Health Infostructure
- ItemOpen AccessE-Health: Converging to Mainstream. 6th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth(Canadian Society of Telehealth, 2003-10-05) Canadian Society of TelehealthE-Health is a global term that encompasses the use of all information and communications technologies in supporting health, healthcare, and health-related education and research. Within the context of the conference, convergence means to integrate, align, and come together to produce better outcomes. The conference highlighted the impact of convergence in making e-Health mainstream at many strategic levels (e.g. technology, policy, administration, education, research).
- ItemOpen AccessEnsuring Privacy and Confidentiality on Canada's Health Iway(CANARIE Inc., 1997-12) Lee, Marc et al.This is the 3rd in a series of reports issued by CANARIE Inc. on telehealth in Canada. The first and second reports are entitled Towards a Canadian Health Iway: Vision, Opportunities and Future Steps; and Telehealth in Canada: Clinical Networking, Eliminating Distances, respectively.
- ItemOpen AccessFramework for Rural and Remote Readiness in Telehealth: Project Report for CANARIE Inc.(University of Calgary, 2002-06) The Alliance for Building Capacity.This was a collaboration with CANARIE Inc. The project aimed to identify the core factors of telehealth readiness for rural/remote communities in Canada. This is the final project report; including Appendices. Dr. Penny Jennett was the project lead.
- ItemOpen AccessHealth Care Renewal in Canada: Accelerating Change(Health Council of Canada, 2005-01) Health Council of CanadaThis report covers activity across Canada launched or being planned from the 2003 Accord. Priority areas are the health of Canadians, primary health care, drugs, home care, health human resources, and infrastructure to support renewal.
- ItemOpen AccessHealth Information Needs in Canada, 1998(Canadian Institute for Health Information, 1998) Intersol Consulting Associates Ltd.This is the summary report of the Health Information Needs Consultation Sessions held across Canada between February 16 and April 15, 1998. This report follows the session process, first with a review of the issues as identified by the participants then a review of the discussions with respect to their information needs, and finally it concludes with a review of priorities for responsiveness. All highlights are drawn directly from the comments and discussions of the participants.
- ItemOpen AccessHealth Telematics Unit Global e-Health Research and Training Program: Academic Annual Report 2004(2005-10-15T22:47:24Z) Hunter, JudyThe annual report of the University of Calgary's Health Telematics Unit for the year 2004.
- ItemOpen AccessIntegrating Telehealth: Challenges and Solutions. 7th Annual General Meeting Canadian Society of Telehealth and 5th Annual Symposium Reseau quebecois de telesante.(Canadian Society of Telehealth, 2002-10-03) Canadian Society of TelehealthThis conference provided an opportunity for the telehealth/e-health community to engage in discussions and share experiences around the integration of telehealth and telehealth networks into existing healthcare delivery systems. The discussion addressed integration related processes and procedures, as well as successes. Such interactions, along with the provision of possible solutions, and an understanding of related challenges, contributed to more efficative and efficient integration.
- ItemOpen AccessModels of Telehealth - An Invitational Workshop(Health Telematics Unit, University of Calgary, 2004-03) Jennett, Penny Dr.; Scott, Richard Dr.; Hunter, JudyA summary of the projects funded by CANARIE under their "e-Health Program", including outcomes, lessons learned, and future directions for each project. The views expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of CANARIE.
- ItemOpen AccessMy Care Source-Empowering Patient Managed Care(Presented at Med-e-tel 2005 Conference in Luxembourg, 2005-04-06) Egan, D.; Kearns, G.; DeLenardo, C.eHealth Home Care Applications: The demand for patient-centric services that delivers improved patient outcomes in health care is steadily increasing. The challenge of health care organizations is how to meet the growing demand for consumerism in a fiscally responsible manner. In January 2003, a team of individuals from Grand River Hospital was involved in the development of a prototype web based patient application that would leverage the use of HIS systems in our organization. Two surveys have been conducted to evaluate the functionality and content of the application. All participants stated they found the application easy to navigate and to read. The unique functionality of this portal has widespread application in healthcare. We look forward to expanding the scope of the project to include additional cancer diagnosis as well as other long term disease management entities.
- ItemOpen AccessThe New National Dream: Networking the Nation for Broadband Access. Report of the National Broadband Task Force(Industry Canada, 2003) National Broadband Task ForceThe National Broadband Task Force was established in January 2001 by the Minister of Industry. The principal mandate of the Task Force was to map out a strategy for achieving the Government of Canada's goal of ensuring that broadband services are available to businesses and residents in every Canadian community by 2004. In addition, the Task Force was asked to advise the government on issues related to the development and deployment of broadband networks and services in Canada.
- ItemOpen AccessPolicy: Friend or Foe to Global e-Health(2003) Scott, Richard E.; Jennett, Penny A.This presentation compares and contrasts e-health policy in Canada and Malaysia; identifies the strengths and weaknesses of policy developments; and proposes policy directions and options.
- ItemOpen AccessRegional Telehealth Centres(Africa Telehealth Group, 2005-11) Johnson, Oryema Dr.Africa Telehealth brings medical and technical knowledge and facilities to Africans living in both rural areas and urban centres. The Africa Telehealth Team brings together the collected knowledge of international experts in the areas of health systems organization and management, information technology, clinical care, epidemiology, telemedicine/telehealth, health promotion and health services policy.
- ItemOpen AccessSocio-Economic Impact of Telehealth: Evidence Now for Health Care in the Future. Final Report(University of Calgary, 2003-01-17) Jennett, Penny Dr. et al.This report summarizes the health services scientific and policy literature on telehealth. Based upon a comprehensive literature search and a critical review and appraisal of that literature, the report provides an overview of the strengths and weaknesses in the telehealth research base, identifies gaps in the existing knowledge, and reviews policy implications.
- ItemOpen AccessTelehealth 2001: The 4th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Telehealth. e-Volving Telehealth: The Next Level.(Canadian Society of Telehealth, 2001-10) Canadian Society of Telehealth